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Mosley will demand change to old formula

By Kevin Eason

January 10 2003, 12:00am, The Times

MAX MOSLEY is on a collision course with Formula One teams, with plans to force through radical changes in the sport and the threat of zero tolerance if they refuse to stick to the rulebook. The President of the FIA, the sport’s governing body, has lost patience with the ten team principals who refuse to accept that they must change the face of Formula One or lose millions more television viewers and, in turn, millions of pounds’ worth of sponsorship.

His hard line is in stark contrast to the conciliatory tone he adopted before Christmas, when the teams were given a chance to come up with their own ideas to cut costs and reduce the influence of computers and software that many believe have killed…

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